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My 2 yrs old dog, Dallas is having #2 accidents in the house.
He has started this behavior in the last month.
He is very dosile for my husband but when he is in the house with our 3 daughters and I he can be quite troublesome.I cannot leave him out of my sight or he will chew, climb or wreck something.
He is crate trained and my husband and I had begun letting him sleep on our bed but have since returned him to his crate when not surpervised.
Is this the correct approach and what else would be useful.
He is a lovely sweet pup.He loves our daughters and has the most gentle nature.
Please please help !!!
tY in advance
Hi thanks for writing. Apparently Dallas thinks your husband is the Alpha so he won't misbehave in front of him. He needs to also know that YOU are an Alpha. Has Dallas gone to obedience school ever? I think it would be a great idea for YOU to take him and establsih leadership with him. He will also need to learn that the girls are above him in ranking as well. If you are not able to sign up for classes somewhere then contact a trainer to come to the house a few times and work with you. It will be money well spent for the future.
As far as the accidents is it possible he is geting fired up around the girls and just doesn't bother to go out or hold it? You didnt give me details on that part so I don't know if he is peeing or pooping. Pooping could be from excitement , peeing could be laso but could also be "marking", this is a dominance behavior and would also require the intervention of a trainer to be properly taken care of.
I cannot really say too much about the crate becaue I don't personally believe in them but as long as the crate is NEVER used for punishment and only as a safe quiet place for him to get away or be safe and non-destructive it is ok. DO not ever put him in there when you are mad or to punish him. This is the opposite of what a crate is to be used for and can create behavior issues when he is outside of the crate.
That's the best I can give you with the details you included. Hope this helps. Feel free to contact me again if needed.
Have4Paws
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I am happy to answer BEAGLE BREED SPECIFIC behavioral questions. Please DO NOT ask CRATE TRAINING OR MEDICAL questions! I am not a vet nor an expert in the use of crates.
Experience
I currently have one beagle, a male age 5, an 12 month old Pit Bull, and a 8 year old min. poodle. I have had to let go of three of my dogs, 2 beagles and 1 whippet/rat terrier mix in the past 5 years, most recently my whippet mix. The two beagles lived to 15 and the whippet mix to 13.5, it has been hard to say goodbye to them. I have done rescue work on and off for years as well as fund-raising for the local animal shelter. I worked for a dog magazine in the past (Southern California Dog Magazine). Being a psychotherapist has encouraged me to do in depth studying of animal behavior as well. I have worked with many people to help curb undesirable behaviors in their dogs (or them!) or to form good behaviors. My life is devoted to and surrounded by my dogs........The picture you see here is Zeppelin but we also call him the "miracle dog". He was hit by a car April 2010 while out with the dog walker and had very serious injuries... 4 surgeries and $17,000 later my boy is whole again and back to loving life. He is so special to me and he weathered a lot of pain and trauma yet is still the sweet boy he always was! I also work to stop Breed Specific Legislation and help to get pit bulls adopted.
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HSUS, PETA, SPCA
DONT SHOP...ADOPT!!
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Dog Fancy
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I am a Marriage and Family Therapist licensed in the state of CA and am also credentialed as a Certified Addiction Treatment Specialist
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Honored by the Agoura Animal Shelter for my volunteer work.
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